Suzanne B. Notton

Suzie Notton is a skilled counselor and strategist who helps clients navigate challenging legal issues. With over a decade of experience handling high-stakes disputes, Suzie regularly helps clients handle complex legal situations with clear judgment and practical solutions. Her practice spans counseling, investigations, and business advising. Suzie advises both individuals and small businesses, including non-profits, on a variety of business and contract issues, and has a particular interest in helping small business owners and entrepreneurs assess legal risks and build their businesses. Suzie has also conducted numerous internal investigations for both private and public entities. She also frequently assists clients and leadership teams in assessing and managing legal exposure, and in resolving legal issues before they escalate into litigation.

Selected engagements:

Advised small business owner on addressing various contract and business issues.

Represented non-profit in business dispute.

Represented former executive in defense of federal securities litigation.

Represented former employee in federal litigation involving claims of discrimination and retaliation, which resulted in six-figure jury verdict.

Represented educational institution in breach of contract dispute.

Suzie also maintains an active pro bono practice. She has worked with individuals seeking asylum, individuals on death row, and schoolchildren seeking access to literacy. As part of her pro bono work, Suzie has helped draft briefs at both the trial and appellate level, as well as before the U.S. Supreme Court. She has also assisted non-profits with legal disputes.

Suzie previously clerked for Judge Mary Beck Briscoe of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Judge Edmond E. Chang of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Before practicing law, Suzie worked as an investment banker. Suzie earned her J.D. magna cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law, and dual bachelor’s degrees in finance and accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she graduated with highest honors and was named to the University’s Bronze Tablet.

Bar Admissions

Suzie is a member of the Illinois bar and is admitted to practice in the Northern District of Illinois, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.